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piety

Pronunciation: /ˈpʌɪəti/

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Definition of piety

noun (plural pieties)

[mass noun]

the quality of being religious or reverent:acts of piety and charity
[count noun] a belief which is accepted with unthinking conventional reverence:the accepted pieties of our time

Origin:

early 16th century (in the sense 'devotion to religious observances'): from Old French piete, from Latin pietas 'dutifulness', from pius (see pious)